Improved refrigerator and water cooler



H. G. DAYTON.

Refrigerator.

Patented Feb. 19,1867.

Witnesses:

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TO ALL'WHOM IT CONGERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. DAYTON, of Maysville, in the county of Mason, and State of Kentucky, have invented va new and useful Improvement in Water Coolers and Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nature, construction, and operation of the same, refer- -ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a combined water-cooler and refrigerator illustrating my invention, the plane of section being indicated by the line :v x, fig 2.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the plane 'of line y y, fig. 1.

Figure' is a detached view of the device whereby water is let into and drawn off from the cooler simultaneously. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists, first, in providing the water cooler with a double spigot or cock, so that as often as the water is drawn off from the ice chamber an equal quantity may be supplied thereto from an adjacent reser voir, by which means the temperature of the water is regulated and economy in the consumption of ice is effected; second, in the arrangement of a shelf and pan within the cooler to adapt it for the purposes of a refrigerator, as hereinafter described. A

In order thatothcrs skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled tofully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe it in detail with reference to the annexed drawings.

A may represent a water cooler of any suitable form and material. B represents a pan resting upon the bottom of the internal chamber C, and employed to contain the i'c'e for cooling the water which is drawn from the cooler from time to time through the faucet D. E is another pan, which is supported upon or directly above the ice' pan B, and has its bottom depressed at the Acentre to induce thewater to ilow therefrom through one or more small perforations, e. F is a water reservoir or vessel supported against the side'of cooler A, in an elevated position relatively to the pans B and E. G is a pipe leading from the reservoir F into the chamber C, and so arranged as to discharge the water from F into the'pan E. D is the cock or spigot of the faucet D, upon which rests the lower end of the rod G2, upon the upper end of which is formed the cock or spigot Grl of the pipe G. The rod G2 is properly centred upon the cock D by thelpiu or pivot g. H is ahandle, the socket t of which embraces the square head of the cock D and the corresponding head on the lower end of the rod G2. Hence, by turning the handle I-I, the cocks D and G1 are opened simultaneously, and thus, when a. glass full of water is drawn olf from the ice chamber B ,through faucet D, an equal quantity of water is supplied to the ice chamber from reservoir F through pipe G. By reason of this provision the ice chamber B need contain but va small quantity of water at a time; and therefore this cooler effects a considerable reduction in the con sumption of ice, as the dissolving influence of the water is proportionate to the extent to which Lthe surface of the ice is subjected to its action. Another advantage is that by maintaining a uniform quantity of water in `the ice chamber, the water does not become intensely cold, whereas in other coolers the coldness of the water increases on account of the continued reduction in quantity. The pan E performs two useful functions, to wit: first, it dcpositsithc water from the reservoir F into the ice chamber at the centre of the latter, or else at a point sufficiently removed from the faucet to prevent the newly supplied water from owing directly out through the said faucet; secondly, it causes the water to trickle or flow in a small stream o1'- streams into the chamber B and upon the ice, so as not (as it would by sudden and voluminous entrance) to materially change the temperature of the water already cooled in the ice chamber. The handle H, with its socket z, is susceptible of vertical adjustment, as indicated in red lines in iig. 3, so that, when desirablcthe rod Gz may be turned independcntly of the cock D', for the purpose of letting water into the ice chamber without opcning'or drawing o' through the faucet D. The chamber C is suiflciently'cool to adapt it for the purposes of a refrigerator, to form which I arrange within the same the wire o1' open shelf I, which, forinstance, may support milk pans, and theY upper removable pan J, which may contain meat, etc. The removable top A and door A renderthe pan J and shelf I accessible for the removal and deposit of the produce. l

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. I claim the combination, with a. Walzer-coolerl A and reservoir or supply chamber F, of the double cock D Gl`or its equivalent, substantially as and for the prpose specified. y

2. I claim the perforated pan E, arranged and employed in combination with the pipes G and D, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

To the above specification of my improved refrigerator and waiter cooler combined I have signed my hand this second day of November, 1866.

v l HENRY G. DAYTON.

l Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, GEO. W. ROTHWELL. 

